Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was arguably the face of Enron’s meteoric rise in the ’90s. He took a sleepy energy company and turned it into one of the most innovative corporations in the world. By the end, Enron had its fingers in all kinds of projects—including America’s nascent broadband networks.

In the second episode of WSJ’s Bad Bets podcast, Journal reporters John Emshwiller and Rebecca Smith explore how Skilling’s rise set the stage for Enron’s fall. Listen now.

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